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- [S30] 1910 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
- [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Marcella M Loeffler
Home in 1920: Pittsburgh Ward 21, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1903
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: George E
Father's Birth Place: Bavaria Germany
[Bavaria]
Mother's Name: Louisa
Mother's Birth Place: Bavaria Germany
[Bavaria]
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
- [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Marcella M. Happ
SSN: 183-32-0633
Last Residence: 15202 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Born: 24 Jan 1902
Last Benefit: 15202 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Died: 9 Feb 2003
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1957-1959)
- [S927] Obituary.
Whether working with her husband in politics, raising her children or maintaining her own career at a time when it was unusual for women to be in the workplace, Marcella Happ spent the better part of a century amazing everyone around her.
"She did everything wrong. She smoked, she drank, she ate bacon, everything they tell you not to do," said her daughter, Martha Preston. "But she managed to maintain her own. She was just a marvel of a person."
Marcella M. Happ, of Ross, died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2003. She was 101.
Mrs. Happ was born Jan. 24, 1902, in Ross, and lived to see 18 U.S. presidents in office.
In 1925 she married Frank Happ, who was active in Pennsylvania politics. He served as the head of the state's Securities Commission, assistant to the state treasurer and chairman of the Ross Township Democratic Party.
Mrs. Happ never attended school beyond the eighth grade, but she was savvy enough to serve as a campaign manager, adviser and supporter for her husband.
"She and my father would travel all over going to banking conventions and political meetings," Preston said. "For a woman with an eighth-grade education, she held her own. She could talk with the bankers about money. She could debate politics. She taught herself so much."
Mrs. Happ found time for a career of her own, working in the Allegheny County Prothonotary's Office in the 1940s and '50s.
Despite her heavy workload, Mrs. Happ always made time for her family, which totaled three children, 18 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren.
"She took care of us kids and supported our dad," Preston said. "It was a busy life and she was always a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She had a great life."
Mrs. Happ is survived by two sons, Frank N. Happ Jr., of Bradford Woods, and Dr. Richard A. Happ, of Trafford; a daughter, Martha Jeanne Preston, of Kinnelon, N.J.; a sister, Effie Miles, of Baltimore, Md.; 18 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank N. Happ Sr.; three brothers, Vincent, Bernard and Clement Loeffler; and a sister, Marie Faulahaber.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Lawrence T. Miller Funeral Home Inc., 460 Lincoln Ave., Bellevue. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Assumption Church of Bellevue, 45 N. Sprague Ave. Entombment will follow in Christ Our Redeemer Cemetery, Ross.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Assumption Church Centennial Campaign, 45 N. Sprague Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15202.
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Marcella M Happ
Birth: 1902
Death: 2003
Family links:
Spouse:
Frank N Happ (1901 - 1987)
Burial:
Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania, USA
Created by: Joe Jones
Record added: Mar 05, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 106256074
- [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur.
Proposed Change: Marcella Magdalen Loeffler (I118159)
Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate
Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I118159&tree=Suedpfalz
Description: Buried: Christ Our Redeemer/North Side Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum, Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Marcella is here: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106256074
There are 6 lists for this cemetery. I hope to cut it to 3.
This cemetery isn't in Pittsburgh, its North of the city in Ross Township.
This cemetery has several names, but FindAGrave photo of the sign, shows both of the names here.
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